Social Interactionism and CDS

Question 1

What are 6️⃣ features of Child Directed Speech (CDS) ?

Answer 1

1) High Pitch
2) Diminutisation (🐶👁️)
3) Repitition
4) Utterances separated by pauses
5) Frequent Questions
6) Content focusing on here and now

Question 2

What is the possible function of Child Directed Speech?

Answer 2

To highlight the sounds and words of a language

Question 3

What 3️⃣ things are infants able to do in the first 1/2 of their first year that supports the CDS function proposal?

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Answer 3

1) Prefer certain voices over others
2) Discriminate individual phonemes
3) Discriminate combinations of syllables